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Violet Green

@violetgr33n.bsky.social
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Auspol, US pol

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Paul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why do people only require protection of their privacy from the sneaky glasses when they're in government buildings? I'm generally clothed in government buildings.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So good that the RBA is worried about wage growth driving up inflation...
Chart showing growth of wages, inflation and Coles profits in 2025-26:

Wages: +3.2%
Inflation: +4.0%
Coles Profits: +13.7%
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Amen
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/07/2026
What’s the point of increasing gas exports for the Australian government and the Australian people? With the current gas tax legislation, it’s pointless. Co-CEO Richard Denniss breaks down who wins and who loses in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Actually flawless.
A four panel comic strip by Twonks featuring a round headed figure demanding a pizza at a restaurant then proclaiming “wow look what I made” when the waiter brings him the pizza
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/07/2026
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year. That's enough to eliminate the annual $4 billion cost of out-of-pocket expenses for GP visits. ✍ Sign the petition for a plebiscite on a 25% gas export tax ⤵️ theaus.in/4ygY36E
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I see oil prices are rising again, so a bad news on the stock exchange... well unless you make money when oil and gas prices go up... #TaxTheGas
Share price change since 26 Feb

ASX200: -4.5%
Woodside: +8.4%
Santos: +14.1%
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/07/2026
Builders have to pay for bricks. Bakers have to pay for flour. It’s pretty obvious that the gas industry should have to pay for gas. Co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks this issue in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?” #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Twice.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If wishes were horses.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Not sure what was going on at the private schools Tony Abbott attended, but in 1970s public schools out in the ‘burbs we weren’t doing that.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How long til that turns green too I wonder.
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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Not that anybody on earth cares but the White House is 225 years old.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!
(Golden eagle emblem on White House balcony)
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Jennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The most frustrating thing is that so many of us just want a quiet life, free to just do our do, not hurt anyone, have a bit of fun, eat nice food, enjoy beauty all around us, be safe and sound. And yet, a tiny handful of self absorbed arseholes who wish to fuck the world for their own $$ benefit.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Look at all that trickling down....
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Nothing else to say.
Mary Lasker’s iconic quote, "If you think research is expensive, try disease."
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hey Aussies, Let's keep this circulating. Steer clear of sick or dead birds, but report them. #birdflu #Australia #H5N1
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
AI Data Centre plumber. @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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Valorie 🐈‍⬛️✨️ @meadowdays.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Becoming?
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
And did so much lasting damage to the country.
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
lord, give me the strength to endure another week where the media discuss the CGT changes with the intensity of a terrorist attack while a third of the country struggle to afford food
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This explains a lot.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20/05/2026
"Australians deserve to get a fair return on the export of our gas." "Companies can export it...but they should be paying us 25% of whatever they get for that gas." - @davidpocock.bsky.social 👏👏👏 #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just a reminder - you only pay 47% tax on income earned *above* $190,000. If you earn $200,000 you pay an average tax rate of around 30%.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
But surely the announcement of the gas reservation policy has absolutely smashed Santos and Woodside??
Charts showing share price growth since 6 May (the day before the gas reservation policy was announced)

ASX200: -3.3%
Woodside: +0.8%
Santos: +2.5%
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Aldi fixing social cohesion
A packet of potato cakes that say potato cakes/scallops/fritters
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Always, always seemed to involve injury/ies and tears.
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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Could someone, anyone, explain why a piñata is a good idea for a kid’s birthday party?
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/04/2026
When food banks are unfunded and everyday Aussies are going without, the need for a 25% tax on gas exports is crystal clear. Australian gas belongs to the Australian people, and they deserve to get a fair return. @davidpocock.bsky.social #auspol
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Or not submarine as the case may be.
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Trish Fraser @trishf42.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"Australia hasn’t produced urea here since December 2022, when Incitec Pivot closed its Gibson Island fertiliser plant in Brisbane after failing to secure affordable long-term gas supply." What's that we've been saying about gas?
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Fertiliser is in short supply. What does it mean for Australia’s farmers – and your bread?
Australia is more vulnerable to fertiliser disruption than fuel. Experts say the impact depends on how long the strait of Hormuz is shut
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
David Pocock shreds the idea that gas giants choosing to invest in pipes should mean they avoid tax "No other sector in our economy gets the raw material for free"🔥 Tax breaks for big corps who get our resources for $0 doesn’t make us the lucky country—but the stupid country.🙄
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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Australian Politics 🇦🇺 @auspol.info · 19/04/2026
I hope that the spending is not entirely on USA items?
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Could Sky perhaps row with the rest of the country here?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The gas industry's new argument for keeping the PRRT is that they will have to pay more PRRT than a 25% gas export tax so a 25% gas tax would be bad. Yeah. Uhuh.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BP: "PRRT has allowed Australia to become one of the largest exporters of gas in the world creating significant economic benefits." Are those benefits the higher gas and electricity prices?🤔
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Very true...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Just in case you're wondering why the gas industry hates the idea of a 25% gas export tax and wants to keep the PRRT
Chart showing gas exports and PRRT:

2014-15: Exports $16.9bn PRRT $1.9bn
2024-25: Exports $64.6bn PRRT $1.4bn
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The problem with the NDIS - and there is a problem - is the same one Australia always faces. If you let small businesses exploit the public purse, they'll exploit it mercilessly (remember pink batts or any one of a 100 such programs). The key is in the system design, not the auditing of it.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Am shocked the invisible hand led to shitty outcomes just like it did the last time, and the time before that, and the time before tha...
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Stejwill @stejwill.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is wrong @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If gas had continued to be made available at a reasonable price within Australia itself I suspect there would be a lot less support for the tax.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It cost me $305 per dose. But everyone I know who has had shingles would happily have paid $600 to be rid of it.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Part 2 in "Just how big is the oil and gas industry". The private adult education sector pays almost as much in wages as does the gas industry. Profits are a tad different. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...
Charts showing two columns

Adult community & other education industry: wages $3.9bn; profits, $1.7bn

Oil and gas industry: wages $4bn, profits $71.6bn
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Suburban Sydney also.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Meantime, we’re back to look out window/stick head out door for weather info as the forecasts on BOM have become virtually useless/unusable.
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Violet Green @violetgr33n.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Surely it’s not just 6% of us.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Just me doing my regular check up on how Santos and Woodside are going live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...
Charts showing since 26 Feb, Woodside's share price is up 22.9%, Santos' is up 19.2% while the ASX200 is down 9.4%
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